How old was Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy? Similar to The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first live-action movie to focus on the wallcrawling superhero started off with the titular character in high school. But in contrast to the other two, the Spider-Man trilogy moved on to a different phase in his life before the end of the first installment.

In the comic books, Peter Parker was a 15-year-old science prodigy when he was bitten in the Marvel comics by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers. However, he didn’t remain at this age for very long. Just three years after his debut issue, Marvel made Peter a student at Midtown University, and from there, his story progressed. As for The Amazing Spider-Man movies, they spent a great deal of time on his high school experiences but eventually did allow him to graduate. The MCU’s Spider-Man, on the other hand, has been a high school student in all five of his movie appearances.

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The approach that Sam Raimi’s trilogy took with the webslinger was a bit more in line with the classic comics, in regard to how much time was spent on his teenage years. Here’s how old Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker was in each of his three Spider-Man movies.

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Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in Spider Man

Tobey Maguire was 26 when Spider-Man was filming, but the character he was playing was considerably younger. Peter was in the midst of his senior year in high school when the movie began, and was described as a 17-year-old in the script. However, an unspecified amount of time passed during the movie, with Peter going through a few major life events, including the beginning of his college education. It’s likely that Peter was around 18 by the movie’s end.

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It was said in Spider-Man 2 that two years had passed since he had become Spider-Man. Early in the movie, he celebrates what is presumably his 20th (or possibly 19th) birthday. At this point in time, Peter has already completed his first year in college. He’s almost no longer a teenager but is still considered to be quite young. During the train sequence when his mask is off, one of the characters makes a remark about Spider-Man’s surprisingly youthful appearance.

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Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire lying in a web in Spider-Man 3

A sign for an award ceremony confirms that Spider-Man 3 took place in 2005, which would be one year after his battle with Doc Ock (Alfred Molina) in Spider-Man 2. Based on the passing of time and the fact there are scenes with the main characters consuming alcohol in Spider-Man 3, it can be assumed that Peter Parker is now 21-22. Thus far, this is the oldest Spider-Man has ever been in a live-action movie project. Of course, that could change in the MCU's Spider-Man 3, which may bring back Maguire’s version of the character. If so, he’d presumably be a much more experienced superhero in his late 30s in Marvel's third Spider-Man movie.

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